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Who Needs Bread?

Salem Witch Trials: The Fungus Theory

How to Make Prison Wine

Eat the World, Part I

Eat the World, Part II

Long

The Physics of Breakfast Cereal

THE PRINTED WORD

Short

Give Me a Sign!

Flubbed Headlines

KISS and Make-Up

Superhero Flops

Bumper Stickers

Medium

Once Upon a Time…

Long

*Defunct Magazines

ORIGINS

Short

You’re My Inspiration

Founding Fathers

Medium

The Name’s Familiar

Inventors, U.K.

LAW & ORDER

Short

Dumb Crooks

Medium

Strange Lawsuits

Weird Crime

Hip-Hop Lawsuits

Dumb Crooks

Long

The Missing-Children Milk Carton Program

*Falsely Accused

INVENTING LANGUAGE

Medium

Let’s Speak Esperanto

Long

La Historio da Esperanto, Part I

Esperanto, Parto Du

Esperanto, Parto Tri

Do You Speak
Láadan?

MUSEUM OF BATHROOMOLOGY

Medium

Art That Poops

Poop That’s Art

Long

The Lloyds Bank Turd

WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

Short

Neologisms

Modern Words…
Not!

Medium

Lock and Load

Word Origins

It’s Greek to Us

Word Origins

VANISHED!

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The Lost Explorers: Mungo Park

The Lost Explorers: Percy Fawcett

The Lost Explorers: Ludwig Leichhardt

The Lost Explorers: Salomon Andrée

IT’S A CONSIPRACY!

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The Anthrax Attacks, Part I

The Anthrax Attacks, Part II

Joe Stalin vs. John Wayne, Part I

It’s a Conspiracy!

Long

The Anthrax Attacks, Part III

The Anthrax Attacks, Part IV

*Numbers on the Radio

Joe Stalin vs. John Wayne, Part II

MUSIC

Medium

Lost (and Found) Albums

Keith Moon, Bathroom Bomber

Song-Wrongers

Last Concerts

Behind the Riff

Odd Musicals

Last Concerts, Part II

Behind the Love Songs

Show Stoppers

THAT’S DEATH

Short

Cause of Death

Medium

When You Gotta Go…

Last Words

Died in the Can

Postmortems

POP-POURRI

Short

The Last…

Happy Waffle Iron Day!

Uncle John’s Page of Lists

The Only Time…

13 Facts About the Witch Hazel Tree

The Monty Hall Paradox

Medium

Q&A: Ask the Experts

Egg Addlers and Pajama Police

Dustbin of (Cartoon) History

11 Fictional Doctors

Q&A: Ask the Experts

REEL LIFE

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Fight Club,
Starring Russell Crowe

Godfather, Meet the Godfather

Act Your Age

Not Coming to a Theater Near You

The Portmanteau Movie Quiz

The Worst Movie of All Time?

Basic Instinct,
Starring Jodie Foster

TOYS & GAMES

Short

Fact-opoly

A Toy Is Born

Medium

Arcade Ire

Long

*Behind the Magic 8-Ball

FRIEND OR FOWL?

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Bird Brains, Part I

How to Hypnotize a Chicken

Bird Brains, Part III

Long

Bird Brains, Part II

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Short

Welcome to Druk Yul

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Why They Don’t Speak Spanish in Rio

Other Leaning Towers

Weird Canada

The Nanny State Quiz

MYTHS & LEGENDS

Short

Do Do That Voodoo!

Myth-Conceptions

Omens

Medium

Myth-Conceptions

The Master Hoaxer

Hoop Snakes and Splinter Cats

Whopperknockers and Sand Squinks

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY

Medium

How Not to Rob a Bank

Bank Error in Your Favor, Part I

Bank Error in Your Favor, Part II

MOUTHING OFF

Short

Suffering Fools

To Tell the Truth

A Virus With Shoes

Don’t Be Afraid…

Stand-Up Folks

Kurt’s Cuts

“Mind Over Mattress”

Pun-liners

Complaints Dept.

PUBLIC LIVES

Short

Phobias of the Famous

Sheetheads

Medium

Celebs’ Good Deeds

Missed It by
That
Much

Unlikely Inventors

People You Thought Were Americans

Family Business

Flakes on a Plane

Smart
and
Talented

LIFE IS STRANGE

Short

Tatt-oops!

Crossed Paths

Medium

Bad News/Good News

Lucky Finds

Eat My…

It’s a Weird, Weird World

Ironic, Isn’t It?

Huh?

Ready…Set…Hurl!

Bad News/Good News

It’s a Weird, Weird World

PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES

Short

Fatal Flight Firsts

Medium

The Pee-Mobile

Just Plane Weird

Flying Blind

Pilot (T)error

Long

Short Story: The Mini

*From Audi 5000 to Zunndapp Janus

WORDPLAY

Short

When Words Collide

Retronyms

Guilt by Association

Amazing Anagrams

Missing Links Word Game

Knock-Knock Jokes

Guilt by Association

They Might Be Fed Up

Know Your Butts

Violet Precipitation

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Ol’ Jaybeard and Brian

Long

*Pop-Culture Alphabet

Answer Pages

INTRODUCTION

G
REETINGS, FELLOW TRIVIA HOUNDS!

As we scramble to finish our latest (and our favorite-ever)
Bathroom Reader,
I’m reminded of a question that I hear a lot: “Aren’t you guys afraid you’ll run out of stuff to write about?”

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